Saturday, July 31, 2010

Children's Theater

Maria is in the back row, third from the right in purple.


Maria's closest friend, L, is in the middle row on the left in orange.

Maria (in purple)




The Prairie Fire Children's Theater came to town this week and Maria and her girlfriends were able to participate. The program only lasts a week, so children who want to participate try out for parts on Monday. My understanding is that everyone who tries out gets a part. There were a variety of parts: large speaking parts, small speaking parts, parts that didn't require speaking, parts that involved singing and dancing - something for everyone. Maria had a small speaking role which called for a bit of attitude. It was perfect for a 13-year-old girl who has attitude in spades.

The children practice all week and then give the performances on Friday night and Saturday. It was so much fun for the kids. Maria loved it. The group was flexible, even allowing her to miss most of practice on Wednesday for her treatment. We had originally planned that she would go with her pump, but her port was being difficult again so that didn't work out. She did get there for the last bit.

The performances went great (yes, we did go to both). The kids did great. The play was funny and my boys laughed and laughed. The humor seemed to particularly appeal to Luke; he was practically rolling in the aisle. The play was called "Sleeping Beauty," but actually had nothing to do with the fairy tale. Instead it was about making a movie. Maria's role was assistant camera man.

The program must have sponsors that help fund it because it certainly wasn't set up to make money. The kids all participated for free. We didn't even have to provide costumes. Tickets for the performances were only $4 for adults and $2 for children (believe it or not, even college age children were considered kids). I would like to thank the sponsors and volunteers who helped make this a great week for this group of kids. We are already looking forward to next year!



2 comments:

  1. What a fun opportunity for your drama star :-) Wish we could have seen it!

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  2. Perfect for Maria's acting bent. I loved that they provided it for free all to benefit the kids. Wish we could have seen it too!

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